today, she delivered 300,000 petitions to the boy scouts headquarters in irvine, texas, asking to be reinstated and was denied. >> it's not okay. it's just not. and my big concern was the kids in my pack would think i abandoned them. i'm here, i'm not going anywhere. i'm staying until i'm included. >> the policy also ended scouting for eric jones, an eagle scout. he was told to pack up and leave the scout camp where he was working this summer in st. joseph, missouri, after he told the camp's director that he is gay. in 2000, the supreme court ruled 5-4 that the boy scouts is a private organization and can deny membership to gays. joining me now is zach wahls, founder of scouts for equality, and author of "my two moms." zach, tell us about scouts for equality. >> scouts for equality is a group that i started in the wake of a petition delivery in june, similar to the one that jennifer delivered today down in texas. and it was a group that i felt was necessary to act as a public face of scouts, who also oppose this policy, as the eagle scout and the son of a lesbian couple, it's pretty